About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1

Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1 by draugadrotten on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:01PM (#27966038)

The Steam model appears to be way better. I am buying 10x more things on Steam than I will ever have time to use, while I generally avoid Appstore as much as possible for Mac apps (and even for phone apps when there is an alternative) The psychology of the Steam store is very different from the Appstore.

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Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1 by danieldk on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @02:46AM (#27969377)

while I generally avoid Appstore as much as possible for Mac apps

Interesting, I do the opposite. When something is available in the Mac App Store or through other means, I will generally buy it in the App Store. Why? Application sandboxing is mandatory for Mac App Store apps and I strongly prefer that applications are sandboxed by default.

The second, less important, reason is that I can just install the applications with just one click and don't have to download them from different places, look up their serial numbers, etc.

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Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1 by realityking on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @05:17AM (#27970327)

Agreed. I‘ve even rebought some apps on the App Store just for the security and convenience.

That said, I‘m struggling with the constraints Apple puts on the business models of developers, for example when it comes to upgrade pricing. While I have a fair amount of software Mac/iOS subscriptions running (8 by my current count) there‘s definitely software I passed on because it moved to a subscription model.

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